The University of Manchester in United Kingdom invites application for vacant Research Positions, a public research university in Manchester, England.
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Population Health, Health Services Research And Primary Care
School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 24 Months
New
Research Associate in Data Science
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Science
School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 2 x Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 2 x 24 months
New
Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI)
location_onJohn Rylands Library
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Division/Team: Religions and Theology
School/Directorate: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: John Rylands Library
Hours per week: Full Time
Duration: From February 1 2026 for 12 months
New
Research Associate in Synthetic Chemistry
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Chemistry
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 24 months
New Closing Soon
Research Associate in Mathematical Biology
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £41,064 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Available from 1st October 2025 until 30th September 2026 (with the possibility to extend)
New Closing Soon
Research Associate in Genomic and Evolutionary Modelling
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £41,064 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Available from 1st October 2025 until 30th September 2026 (with the possibility to extend)
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Research technician in Targeted Therapy Group
location_onPaterson Building
Salary: £32,080 per annum
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Cancer Sciences
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Paterson Building
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term until 31st October 2027
New Closing Soon
Research Associate in Mitochondrial Genomic Action in the Placenta
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £41,064 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Available from 1st October 2025 until 30th September 2026 (with the possibility to extend)
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Research Associate on the ‘ICALD’ study
location_onManchester
Salary: £37,694 to £41,064 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Psychology and Mental Health
School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 30 Months
Postgraduate Research Finance Officer
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £28,031 – £31,236 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services
Division/Team: Financial Analysis and Reporting
School/Directorate: Directorate of Finance
Employment type: Permanent
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Duration: Permanent
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Research Fellow or Research Associate in Synchrotron X-ray computed tomography
location_onThe European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Salary: £37,694 to £58,225 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Materials
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term until 31st March 2027
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Research Assistant in Biomaterials for Bioprinting
location_onManchester
Salary: £32,080 to £33,951 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School/Directorate: School of Engineering
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: 35 hours per week
Duration: 9 months
New
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Thomas Ashton Institute
School/Directorate: FSE Research Institutes
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term until 31 January 2029
New
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £47,389 to £58,225 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services
Division/Team: Research Degrees and Researcher Development
School/Directorate: Directorate of Research and Business Engagement
Employment type: Permanent
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Permanent
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Research Associate MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (Multimodal AI for Immunology)
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection, and Respiratory Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 36 months
New
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection, and Respiratory Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 36 Months
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Research Associate in Health and Care Evaluation (Parental leave cover)
location_onHybrid Working on Campus/Remote
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work
School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Hybrid Working on Campus/Remote
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed Term from 1st Jan 2026 for 12 months (in the first instance)
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Transition Fellow in Air Pollution
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £47,389 to £58,225 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection, and Respiratory Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 36 months
Research Associate in Biocatalytic Degradation of Post-consumer Polymeric Materials
location_onManchester Institute of Biotechnology
Salary: £37,174 to £40,497 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Chemistry
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 18 months
New Closing Soon
Research Associate – The Pan Africa Mining Study (PAMS)
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 per annum
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Division/Team: Geography
School/Directorate: School of Environment, Education & Development
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term until the 31st of July 2026
New Closing Soon
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £28,031 – £31,236 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Science
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term for 12 months
New Closing Soon
Impact Acceleration Research Associate in VLEO Satellite Systems
location_onManchester
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School/Directorate: School of Engineering
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: Full time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term for 7 months
Research Fellow (NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR))
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £47,389 – £51,753 per annum depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Population Health, Health Services Research And Primary Care
School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 20 Months (Starting January 2026)
Research Associate in Brain Tumour Research
location_onManchester
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection, and Respiratory Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 36 Months
Senior Development Research Officer
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services
Division/Team: Development and Alumni
School/Directorate: Division of Development and Alumni Relations
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term until 31st July 2029
Closing Soon
Research Associate (Maternity Cover)
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £41,064 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Science
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 0.8 FTE
Duration: 10.5 months
Closing Soon
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Materials
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time
Duration: until 31st March 2026
Research Assistant in Respiratory Medicine
location_onManchester University Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital
Salary: £32,080 to £36,636 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection, and Respiratory Medicine
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester University Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Duration: 11 months
Closing Soon
Research Associate in Cardiac Physiology
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £41,064 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term for up to 24 months
Closing Soon
Research Associate in Bioinformatics
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Cancer Sciences
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Starting asap until 31 March 2028
Closing Soon
Research Associate in Microbiome Dynamics
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £39,906 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Evolution, Infection & Genomics
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time
Duration: For 3 years
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Research Associate in Radiotherapy
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £41,064 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Fixed term until 31.10.2026
Research Associate in Bioprocess Modelling and Optimisation
location_onManchester
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Chemical Engineering
School/Directorate: School of Engineering
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: 1 FTE
Duration: 12 months
Closing Soon
Research Associate in Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry of Membrane Proteins
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 – £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 1 FTE
Duration: available from 1 November 2025 for 24 months
Research Assistant in Vision System
location_onManchester
Salary: £32,080 to £36,636 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
School/Directorate: School of Engineering
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: 35 hours per week
Duration: 12 months (from 1 October 2025 to 31 September 2026)
Research Associate – Formal Methods for Autonomous Robotics
location_onManchester
Salary: £41,064 to £44,746 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Computer Science
School/Directorate: School of Engineering
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 36 months
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £28,031 – £31,236 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Evolution, Infection & Genomics
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 12 months
Research Associate (PDRA) in Fungal Infection Biology
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £37,694 to £42,254 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Evolution, Infection & Genomics
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 2 x Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 2 x Fixed term for 36 months
Research Associate at Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD)
location_onManchester
Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Division/Team: Division of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience
School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 24 Months (in the first instance)
Closing Soon
Just Research Communications and Engagement Officer
location_onOxford Road
Salary: £32,080 to £36,636 pro rata, per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Division/Team: SoSS Research Centres
School/Directorate: School of Social Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 17.5 hours per week (0.5 FTE)
Duration: 18 months
Research Associate in Robust Feedback Control Theory
location_onOxford Road
Salary: Grade 6: £37,174 to £45,413 per annum, depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
School/Directorate: School of Engineering
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Oxford Road
Hours per week: 1 FTE
Duration: 36 Months
Closing Soon
Research Associate: Mission Oriented Innovation Policy for Sustainability
location_onManchester
Salary: £37,174 to £45,413 per annum dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Division/Team: Innovation Management and Policy
School/Directorate: Alliance Manchester Business School
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: 24 months
Closing Soon
Research Associate in Synthetic Genomics
location_onManchester Institute of Biotechnology
Salary: Grade 6 £37,174 to £45,413 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Chemistry
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences
Employment type: Fixed Term
Location: Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
Hours per week: 1 FTE
Duration: May 2025 (or as soon as possible after) for 2 year with the possibility to extend
Chair/Reader in Air Pollution & Human Health
location_onManchester
Salary: Competitive
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Division/Team: Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences
Employment type: Permanent
Location: Manchester
Hours per week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Duration: Permanent
